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A court of Queen’s Bench judge has upheld the detention ordered issued last month for a Calgary man charged with animal cruelty after a dog and cat were left to die in an alley with their muzzles taped shut. Justice Glenn Poelman made the ruling on Thursday to keep Nicolino Camardi, 19, in custody after hearing arguments by Crown prosecutor Gord Haight and defence lawyer Jack Kelly, who sought his client’s release.

A man facing 184 charges for abuse of 92 animals seized from his southeast home a month ago, the vast majority of them rabbits, has been denied bail. Provincial court Judge Bob Wilkins on Tuesday ordered Anthony Berry to remain in custody on those charges as well as three counts of assaulting peace officers and one count of possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace in connection with his arrest Aug. 30.

Two people were injured and two dogs were killed after a truck belonging to a Saskatchewan animal rescue foundation was involved collision on the highway near Olds on Saturday. A truck and trailer was bringing 30 dogs from a high-kill shelter in Los Angeles to the Adopt a Paw Pet Haven when the collision occurred, said a co-ordinator with another rescue organization.

The Calgary Humane Society is hoping the public will be able to help them find the caretaker of a severely neglected dog found wandering in the Ogden area last week. A Good Samaritan brought the white female bulldog cross to a veterinary clinic on Sept. 5. She had large facial and hind wounds, eye and ear infections, fecal staining of her paws, and was severely emaciated. The dog, nicknamed Ruby by the clinic staff, died while she was under anesthetic to repair her injuries.

A bail hearing for a young Calgary man accused of taping the muzzles of a cat and dog, then leaving them to die in an alley, is set for Friday afternoon. Nicolino Ivano Camardi was charged with two counts of wilfully causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal after a Siberian husky and a domestic short-haired cat were found on separate occasions in January.

A Calgary man who ran an animal rescue centre out of his home is banned from owning pets for 10 years after he was found with neglected critters in his care. Austin Wiltzen had been running the rescue operation, called Calgary Critter Care, for about a year, soliciting animals online, according to the Calgary Human Society.

Animal cruelty investigators seized more than 330 pets in distress during the first six months of the year — more than double over last year — prompting one officer to declare 2014 “the year of the hoarder.”

An influx of cats at the Calgary Humane Society has prompted the bursting shelter to hold a feline fire sale this week. Currently there are 59 cats in the adoption area, which is full. There are another 198 cats behind held in a holding space that is running out of room, and 102 cats in foster care.

Veteran chuckwagon driver Tim Haroldson is conscious and recovering in hospital after a Tuesday morning training accident at the Calgary Stampede. A horse also collapsed and died at the session after an unrelated medical incident.

A Calgary woman well-known in show-dog circles has been charged with 51 counts of causing or permitting an animal to be in distress following the seizure of 34 dogs from her southeast home in mid-May. The charges against Beverly Jean Creed stem from allegations she kept the dogs in unsanitary conditions and also relate to 17 dogs that veterinarians say were in “medical distress,” said the Calgary Humane Society.

From cats floating on couch cushions to pigs being ferried to dry land in a rowboat, bylaw and animal rescue organizations saw it all as they scrambled to save southern Alberta’s pets during the devastating June floods. A year later, those harrowing tales of survival, of daring rescue missions, of joyful reunions, and of loss, remain seared in the memories of those who spent countless hours working to bring flood-displaced animals to safety.

Three months after he was handed a $5,000 fine and a lifetime prohibition for owning dogs for a commercial purpose, as a result of 34 distressed mostly pit bull dogs being seized, a Calgary man has been fined $1,500 for similar abuse of another dog.

A former employee at a Calgary pet grooming salon has been fined $4,000 after admitting three charges under the Animal Protection Act to physical abuse of two dogs. Provincial court Judge Peter Barley imposed the sentence Tuesday on Mariko Lorraine Dormer, 30, after accepting a joint proposal by Crown prosecutor Gord Haight and defence lawyer James Wyman.

An animal welfare group is calling on a Calgary city councillor to rethink a “knee-jerk” proposal to curb pet ownership in the city following the seizure of 33 dogs from a southeast Calgary property. The animals were found in filthy conditions inside the Acadia home of dog shower Bev Creed on May 13 and are now in the care of the Calgary Humane Society.

Ashley Tammi became concerned when her family’s nine-year-old sheltie started to throw up chunks of food they hadn’t fed him Tuesday night. When Max’s vomiting became more violent and he had trouble lifting his legs, Tammi rushed him to a 24-hour animal hospital.

A Calgary councillor wants the city to impose limits on the number of pets allowable per household after 33 dogs living in filthy conditions were removed from an Acadia home earlier this week. Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart is introducing a notice of motion to amend the current responsible pet ownership bylaw to include limits on the number of dogs and cats Calgarians are allowed to own.

The seizure of 33 unhealthy and neglected dogs from a home in southeast Calgary has sparked debate about pet limits within the city. The dogs removed from the Acadia home on Tuesday afternoon were determined to be in poor medical condition and “neglect was very clear in this situation,” said Tammy Mazubert, department head of animal health at the Calgary Humane Society.

The 19th annual Willow Park Wines & Spirits (WPWS) Charity Wine Auction, held Nov. 3 at WPWS, was surely one of the best events of the fall social season. The Venice-themed event was sold out weeks prior. More than 450 elegantly attired guests donned their Venetian finest to sip and bid on some of the finest libations there are. Superb samplings from the city’s top restaurants, dancing to the Real Deal Band and over-the-top live auction items ensured all had a memorable time. The event raised $230,000 for Alberta Guide Dog Association, The Poppy Fund & Veterans Food Bank, Haskayne School of Business and Prostate Cancer Centre.

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